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OSHA Fines South Jersey Company $38K Over Fatal Explosion OSHA Fines South Jersey Company $38K Over Fatal Explosion
Osha Fines South Jersey Company $38K Over Fatal Explosion Federal inspectors have levied more than $38,000 in fines against a South Jersey repair shop where an explosion killed a worker. Bruce A. Cheeseman, 48, of Cedarville, was welding at Timberlane Services Inc. in Mullica Hill on June 15, 2022, when he died from the explosion, according to investigators with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. (OSHA) "We are contesting the alleged violation,'' said a spokeswoman for Timberlane.  The explosion blew Cheeseman through the building's roof, according to an investigative report.  He was welding nipples onto the top of a fuel tank t…

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$2 Million Fine For NJ's 'Most Flagrant' OSHA Violator Upheld By Judge $2 Million Fine For NJ's 'Most Flagrant' OSHA Violator Upheld By Judge
$2 Million Fine For NJ's 'Most Flagrant' Osha Violator Upheld By Judge A Bergen County framing contractor dubbed New Jersey’s "most flagrant violator" of federal workplace safety laws the past decade must pay $2 million in back fines to the government, an administrative law judge has ruled. Juan Quevedo-Garcia, 42, of Palisades Park "deliberately failed to pay the fines and displayed a total disregard for the safety of his workers and for the law," Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker said. In doing so, he "continually put workers at risk of serious injuries or worse" at four different job sites in Bergen County, a federa…

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by Jerry DeMarco